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Y90.9

Presence of alcohol in blood, level not specified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Presence of alcohol in blood, level not specified

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from Y90 Evidence of alcohol involvement determined by blood alcohol level

Code first

  • any associated alcohol related disorders (F10)

Inherited from the Y90-Y99 section Supplementary factors related to causes of morbidity classified elsewhere (Y90-Y99)

Note

  • These categories may be used to provide supplementary information concerning causes of morbidity. They are not to be used for single-condition coding.

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Y90.0 Blood alcohol level of less than 20 mg/100 ml Valid
Y90.1 Blood alcohol level of 20-39 mg/100 ml Valid
Y90.2 Blood alcohol level of 40-59 mg/100 ml Valid
Y90.3 Blood alcohol level of 60-79 mg/100 ml Valid
Y90.4 Blood alcohol level of 80-99 mg/100 ml Valid
Y90.5 Blood alcohol level of 100-119 mg/100 ml Valid
Y90.6 Blood alcohol level of 120-199 mg/100 ml Valid
Y90.7 Blood alcohol level of 200-239 mg/100 ml Valid
Y90.8 Blood alcohol level of 240 mg/100 ml or more Valid